Abad Faciolince, Fuguet, Valencia and Volpi: Redefinition of spanish American non-fiction prose

Abstract

Unlimited in terms of publishing media and the migration of forms, a major shift has occurred in the reception of non-fiction by authors associated with the new "new" Spanish American narrative. Parallel changes are taking place generically, coinciding with paradigm transformations in humanistic disciplines. If previous authors affected changes in "essays," recent ones modify the cultural status of interrelated writings through journalism, academic periodicals, criticism, interviews and blogs, among others. Analyzing representative works by Abad Faciolince, Fuguet, Valencia, and Volpi, this article examines (with Aira, Bolaño, and Agamben in mind) how that prose and culture are being redefined.